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Lisa McLoughlin

Ashley James reveals she was raped at university and lived with 'shame' for years

Ashley James has spoken publicly for the first time about being raped while she was a university student, revealing that the attack still affects her “every day”, almost two decades on.

The This Morning contributor, now 38, said she was 21 and studying at University of Nottingham when she was raped by a male friend while unconscious after a night out clubbing.

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